Laraine Flemming - Textbook Author and Teacher

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Books currently in print:

[RfR9 cover]
Reading for Results
10th edition

[RfT5 cover]
Reading for Thinking
6th edition

[RKeys2 cover]
Reading Keys
2nd edition

[RMatters cover]
Reading Matters

[WCount cover]
Words Count

[WMatter cover]
Words Matter

Additional information and support for each of the six books:

Note: Power Points for some of the key concepts are now available. Go to Key Concepts for details.

[RfR cover]

[RfT6 cover]

[RKeys2 cover]

Reading for Results
for instructors still using the 9th edition
about the 10th edition

Additional materials:

  • Syllabus ← new
  • In-class qizzes

Online practice plus other materials:

  • Interactive, self-scoring exercises for each chapter
  • Handouts
  • Word lists

Handouts and questionnaires

Key concepts

Links to useful sites

Reading for Thinking
about the 6th edition...

Additional materials:

  • Syllabus
  • In-class qizzes and exams
  • Suggestions for teaching each chapter
  • Exercises for specific skills
  • Tutorial on fact and opinion
  • Handout on allusions (more to come)

Online practice

Handouts and questionnaires

Key concepts

Links to useful sites

Reading Keys
more about the 2nd edition...

Additional material:

  • Syllabus
  • Suggestions for teaching ← new
  • In-class tests
  • Handouts on stories behind words
  • Interactive, self-scoring exercises on key reading skills

Handouts and questionnaires

Key concepts


[RMatters cover]

[WCount cover]

[WMatter cover]

Reading Matters
more about the 1st edition...

Key concepts

Words Count
more about the 1st edition...

Additional exercises:

  • Two additional sets of interactive exercises for each chapter

Words Matter
more about the 1st edition...

Additional exercises:

  • Two additional sets of interactive exercises for each chapter


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